I Saw An Airport In 2006 For The First Time In My Life – Aremu Afolayan

Nollywood actor and one of the Afolayan brothers, Aremu, has opened
up about his upbringing and according to him, he was born into a poor
family.

The actor who people would have easily assumed that being the son of
the late popular filmmaker, Adeyemi Afolayan fondly referred to as Ade
Love would mean he grew up in a wealthy home said his father only made
money but never had money.

The actor who spoke in an interview with Saturday Beats mentioned
that the first time he would see an airport was in the year 2006.

He said:-

“I was born poor but I don’t know if my other brothers would say
otherwise but I know that I was born poor in a makeshift wooden
face-me-I-face-you house in a very poor area. Rich people never
affiliated themselves with us or allowed their children to play with us.

In fact, we did not see them because there were no rich people in the
area I grew up, everyone was poor. There was no life for me basically
while I was growing up. I got to know where the airport is in 2006. That
was the year I would say I started to enjoy life a bit.

I did not know anything about how to enjoy life while I was growing
up and there was no one to enlighten me. That is why I never took school
seriously because I had to sell pepper soup for my mother. We would go
to her shop by 3:30 pm when I returned from school.

Then, we would get
home at about 5 pm. This happened all through my formative years, it
happened from 1991 till 2002”.

“My mother later had to retire from that business and I got all the
freedom I had been hoping for in my life. No matter how high my hopes
were, I could not just leave my mother alone to fend for herself because
I am her last born. I eventually became a model in 2002. After the
modeling, I went into the film industry.

As a model, I got some jobs but I was always nervous in the midst of
the new friends I made, no thanks to my background as a poor boy. I did
not grow up going to clubs, smoking or drinking alcohol. I was not
exposed to that ‘hip-hop’ life because my background modified my life
and made me who I am today.

If I was exposed to that lifestyle maybe I would have been dead by
now because I may have had a very flamboyant lifestyle and I would be a
night crawler. When I began my acting career, I tried to see if people
would appreciate my talent but they were biased towards me despite my
family name.
No one tried to help me until I met Bob Manuel one day, he gave me a
‘waka pass’ role and like they say, the rest is history. No one, not
even my brother helped me to get to where I am today. I worked hard
myself,” he said.

When asked why his famous father whom many believed was wealthy could
not help out, he simply said, “People assume a lot in Nigeria. My
father was never a rich man; he only made money but never had money.

Whenever he made money, he spent it almost immediately. He was
supposed to have money but he did not because he did not have
investments. He did not leave anything for me to live on but he made me
work and earn a living for myself.

If he had left something, maybe I would have grown better than this
but it has taught me that I would not do the same for my children. My
father was only famous but he was never wealthy”.

I Saw An Airport In 2006 For The First Time In My Life – Aremu Afolayan
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